The Thane police on Wednesday busted a massive Rs 2000-crore drug racket with links to Bollywood and international drug peddlers.
The largest-ever drug bust in India led to the seizure of 18.5 tonnes of Ephedrine- used to produced the party drug methamphetamine. Seven arrests have been made so far in this case.
Police have connected the haul to international drug runner Vicky Goswami who is wanted in three countries- Zambia, US and South Africa.
Police are also tracking the son of a former Gujarat MLA for his links to this case. Kishore Rathod, son of former Gujarat Congress legislator Bhav Singh Rathod, reportedly made more than 30 trips out of the country in the last one year.
Thane's Comissioner of Police Pram Bir Singh has linked the drug racket to the international drug cartel.
"This could be a part of the international drug cartel. This has been confirmed not only by the accused who were arrested but also we had a visit from the Chief of American drug enforcement administration who has confirmed Ephedrine from Avon Lifesciences factory in Solapur, was being diverted to the international cartel , headed by Vicky Goswami in Kenya," Singh said.
"The plan was to set up a factory in Mombasa probably, from where this drug was to be converted to meth and taken to international markets," he said.
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